Crystal Palace host Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday as they start a run of three tricky games against sides in the top six.

Spurs will travel to Selhurst Park looking to continue their push for a top four place, while Palace will aim to pick up points to aid their climb away from the relegation zone despite their long injury list.

The two clubs are well versed in each other’s history, as we look at five players who have donned both kits in the past.

Chris Armstrong

Armstrong started his career in Wrexham, and joined Palace in 1992 via Millwall. He was the club’s top scorer with 23 league goals during the inaugural Premier League season.

In March 1995, Armstrong tested positive for cannabis and became the first ever Premier League player to fail a drug test.

He did return a month later and finished the 1994-95 season on 18 goals but it wasn’t enough to prevent Alan Smith’s side from getting relegated with a record-high 48 points.

Chris Armstrong of Crystal Palace celebrates the second goal during an FA Carling Premier League match against Oldham at Selhurst Park in London.The match ended in a 2-2 draw. \ Mandatory Credit: Allsport UK /Allsport

Following the relegation Armstrong moved to Spurs for £4.5 million which made him both Tottenham’s record signing and Palace’s record sale, which would only be beaten when Andrew Johnson was sold to Everton in 2006.

Armstrong went on to score 48 goals in 141 games for Spurs, and won the Worthington Cup in 1999 as an unused substitute.

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Campbell was brought through the Manchester United academy, and went on to make two appearances under Sir Alex Ferguson before he was sent out on loan to Tottenham in 2008.

He moved on transfer deadline day as part of the £30.75 million move that took Dimitar Berbatov to Manchester, and went on to score three goals during the 2008-09 season.

During his next five years at Sunderland and Cardiff City, Campbell went on to make his one and only England cap under interim manager Stuart Pearce against the Netherlands in 2012.

Fraizer Campbell

Palace then signed Campbell in 2014 when the club matched a release clause in his contract. He only scored five Premier League goals in 43 appearances for the Eagles before he was released at the end of last season, and now plays for Hull City.

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Townsend now wears the red and blue of Palace, but came through the Tottenham academy he joined when he was eight years old.

After loan spells at eight different League One and Championship clubs, Townsend broke onto the scene at QPR, before he re-joined his parent club for the 2013-14 season where he established himself as a starter under Tim Sherwood.

He was unable to hold down a starting place under Mauricio Pochettino and then signed for Newcastle United, where he spent six months before joining Palace for £13 million.

Crystal Palace winger Andros Townsend warming up ahead of the Premier League match between Everton and Crystal Palace at Goodison Park. (Photo by Steve Welsh/Getty Images)

Townsend has gone on to be a mainstay in the Palace side, and has made 68 appearances in his two years at the club so far.

He will also be hoping to put one over his former side as he looks to carry the creative burden with Wilfried Zaha and Bakary Sako ruled out through injury.

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After coming through the leagues with St Albans City and Southend United, Austin signed for Spurs in 1992 where they finished in eighth place during his first season.

After suffering a broken leg and a knee injury that required three operations, Austin struggled for fitness and left Spurs after making 124 appearances in 1998 to reunite with Terry Venables at Palace, who initially signed Austin for Tottenham.

Austin became a fans favourite when he decided to stay at Palace when the club entered administration and took a sizeable pay cut to help the club.

With the Palace squad decimated, they had a game against Bradford City that manager Steve Coppell wanted to play Austin in, but was told not to as the game would trigger an appearance bonus in Austin’s contract.

"I just turned to him and said ‘forget it’ I don’t want the money, I want to play.” Austin told the club website in June 2017.

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Austin has since been a coach at Palace, Watford, Notts County and most recently at Northampton Town alongside Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

Phil Holder

Holder began his football career in 1969 as an apprentice with Spurs, where he remained for five years and was a substitute in the second leg of the 1973-74 UEFA Cup final where Spurs lost 4-2 to Feyenoord on aggregate.

He then joined Palace in 1975, and stayed at the club for four years to make 113 appearances for the club and reached the semi-final of the 1976 FA Cup and achieved two promotions under Venables.

After leaving Palace in 1979, Holder joined North American Soccer League side Memphis Rogues. He then took up coaching and made his mark with Brentford.